Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

GEOSCIENCES

Living conditions, poverty and inequality

It encompasses information on the living conditions of the population in the broadest sense, covering...

STATISTICS

Consumer Expenditure Survey - Evolution of Non-Monetary Indicators of Poverty and Quality of Life in Brazil based on the Consumer Expenditure Survey

The Consumer Expenditure Surveys (POFs), carried out by the IBGE, aim at making information available...

STATISTICS

Consumer Expenditure Survey - Evolution of Non-Monetary Indicators of Poverty and Quality of Life in Brazil based on the Consumer Expenditure Survey

The Consumer Expenditure Surveys (POFs), carried out by the IBGE, aim at making information available...

NEWS AND RELEASES

In 2023, poverty in the country drops to lowest level since 2012

From 2022 to 2023, the percentage of the population with per capita household income below the poverty...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Black and brown women spend more time in household tasks, participate less in the labor market and are more affected by poverty

In Brazil, black and brown women are more affected by inequalities in education, labor market, income...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Poverty drops to 31.6% of the population in 2022, after reaching 36.7% in 2021

The percentage of persons living in extreme poverty, that is, those who mad less than R$ 200.00 per month,...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Three new indexes show drop of poverty and vulnerability between 2008-2009 and 2017-2018

For the first time ever, the IBGE releases, as experimental statistics, the Evolution of Non-Monetary...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Poverty hits a record in 2021, 62.5 million persons, highest level since 2012

In 2021, considering poverty lines set by the World Bank, about 62.5 million persons (or 29.4% of Brazil...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Summary of Social Indicators: in 2020, without social programs, 31.2% of Brazil’s population would be in living in poverty

From 2019 to 2020, the proportions of the population living in extreme poverty and in poverty, in Brazil,...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Despite emergency benefits, 1 out of every 4 Brazilians were living in poverty in 2020

About 12 million persons lived in extreme poverty in Brazil in 2020, that is, on less than R$155 reais...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Summary of Social Indicators: in 2019, proportion of poor people falls to 24.7% but extreme poverty still reaches 6.5% of the population

The results are based on data from the Continuous National Household Sample Survey from 2012 to 2019,...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Extreme poverty affects 13.5 million persons and hits highest level in seven years

In 2018, Brazil had 13.5 million persons with per capita average earnings below R$ 145, or U$S 1.9 per...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Summary of Social Indicators: figures indicate increase of poverty between 2016 and 2017

The Summary of Social Indicators (SIS) analyzed the issue of poverty making use of different measurements...

NEWS AND RELEASES

Poverty grows and poor population in 2017 amounts to 54.8 million

Brazil had 54.8 million persons living on less than R$ 406 per month in 2017, two million more than in...

NEWS AND RELEASES

IBGE releases Map of Poverty and Inequality 2003

A new tool, released as a DVD, allows the identification at municipal level of poverty incidence, the...